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                  <p class="p_Heading1"><span class="f_Heading1">Diagram Context Menu</span></p>



  
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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Open the required diagram and right-click on the diagram background to open the diagram context menu. Not all menu options shown below appear on all diagram context menus.</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="diagramcontextmenu2.png" width="296" height="418" border="0" alt="DiagramContextMenu2"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The diagram context menu enables you to:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">View the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="setappearanceoptions.htm">Diagram Properties</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> dialog</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Add <a href="swimlanes.htm">Swimlanes</a> or a <a href="swimlanes_matrix.htm">Swimlanes Matrix</a> to the diagram</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Protect a diagram from inadvertent changes (</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"><a href="lockdiagram.htm">Lock Diagram</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">)</span></li>
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<td valign="bottom" width="935" bgcolor="#efeff7" style="width:935px; background-color:#efeff7;"><p class="p_TiporNote" style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none;"><span class="f_TiporNote">Note:</span></p>
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<td width="935" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:935px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">This does not apply in the Corporate, Business and Software Engineering, Systems Engineering and Ultimate editions if security is enabled. In that case, see the </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="lockingmodelelements.htm">Lock Model Elements</a></span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> topic.</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Insert various elements into a diagram (see below)</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="copydiagramelement.htm">Paste copied element</a>(s) as a link or as new elements</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="paste_elements_submenu.htm">Paste an image</a> held on the clipboard into the diagram</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Make all the elements on the diagram selectable. I</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">f an element is selectable, you can move it around the diagram and perform right-click operations. If an element is unselectable, you cannot move it around the diagram and the only right-click operation available is to make the element selectable. This option has no effect on double-click operations on the element, such as displaying child diagrams.</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Save the current diagram <a href="exportprofile_2.htm">as a Profile</a> </span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="o316.htm">Import, or reverse engineer, source code</a> (not available in the Desktop edition)</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="importdatabaseschemafromod.htm">Import database tables from an ODBC data source</a> (not available in the Desktop edition)</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Save any changes to the current diagram</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Display the diagram contents as an <a href="reportview.htm">Element List</a> instead of as a diagram</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">View the Enterprise Architect Help on the type of diagram currently displayed.</span></li>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Insert Items</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">When you click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">New Element or Connector</span><span class="f_BodyText"> context menu option, a list of elements and connectors displays, as shown below for a Timing diagram:</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="insertelementconnector.png" width="149" height="419" border="0" alt="InsertElementConnector"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The structure of this list is as follows:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Other</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> - expands to offer options to select elements and connectors from diagram types other than either the current diagram type or pinned Enterprise Architect </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> pages</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">The expanded list of elements and connectors for the current diagram type</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Collapsed lists of elements and connectors for pages that have been pinned in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">; if an MDG Technology:</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3">is active</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3">automatically pins Toolbox pages, and</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3">has pages that redefine UML or Extended pages</span></li>
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<p class="p_Bulletlist2"><span class="f_Bulletlist2">the MDG Technology pages override the UML or Extended pages, which are not shown</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">(At the end) </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Common</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> - expands to display a list of the common elements and connectors.</span></li>
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